FIFA held a press conference announcing some details for the schedules of both the upcoming Confederations Cup in 2013 and World Cup in 2014. While the full schedule remains incomplete, the details released today are as follows:
Confederations Cup:
4 venues known for certain: Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza and Rio de Janeiro. 2 more have been conditionally approved, likely dependent on whether or not venues are anticipated to be completed in time. Those venues are Recife and Salvador.
The opening match of the Confederations Cup (scheduled for June 15-30 2013) will be played in Brasilia. Belo Horizonte and Fortaleza will host the semifinals and Rio de Janeiro will host the finals. Entire match schedule will be released closer to the event.
5 of the 8 participants are already known: Brazil (host), Spain (2010 World Cup Champion), Japan (2011 Asian Cup Champion), Mexico (2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champion) and Uruguay (2011 Copa America Champion). The field will be rounded out by the 2012 OFC Nations Cup Champion, the Euro 2012 Champion and the 2013 African Cup of Nations Champion.
I'll have full coverage of the Confederations Cup as we get closer to it. Some filler material recapping how the aforementioned teams qualified will be forthcoming.
2014 World Cup:
Match schedule remains incomplete as we don't yet know what specific times all games will occur but game start times have been released. They are as follows:
All times are Brasilia Official Time (UTC -3)
Opening Game: 5:00 pm
Group Matches: 1:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 10:00 pm
Round of 16/Quarterfinals: 1:00 pm, 5:00 pm
Semifinals/3rd Place: 5:00 pm
Final: 4:00 pm
Full Match schedule is as follows:
What teams will play when are locked in based on where the team is drawn. For Example, Brazil is locked in to group A from pot 1, the seeded pot. The teams drawn from pots 2,3,4 in to Group A will fill the spots of A2, A3 and A4 respectively.
June 12, 2014: Brazil vs. A2 in Sao Paulo
June 13, 2014: A3 vs. A4 in Natal
B1 vs. B2 in Salvador
B3 vs. B4 in Cuiaba
June 14, 2014: C1 vs. C2 in Belo Horizonte
C3 vs. C4 in Recife
D1 vs. D2 in Fortaleza
D3 vs. D4 in Manaus
June 15, 2014: E1 vs. E2 in Brasilia
E3 vs. E4 in Porto Alegre
F1 vs. F2 in Rio de Janeiro
June 16, 2014: F3 vs. F4 in Curitiba
G1 vs. G2 in Salvador
G3 vs. G4 in Natal
June 17, 2014: H1 vs. H2 in Belo Horizonte
H3 vs. H4 in Cuiaba
Brazil vs. A3 in Fortaleza
June 18, 2014: A2 vs. A4 in Manaus
B1 vs. B3 in Rio de Janeiro
B2 vs. B4 in Porto Alegre
June 19, 2014: C1 vs. C3 in Brasilia
C2 vs. C4 in Natal
D1 vs. D3 in Sao Paulo
June 20, 2014: D2 vs. D4 in Recife
E1 vs. E3 in Salvador
E2 vs. E4 in Curitiba
June 21, 2014: F1 vs. F3 in Belo Horizonte
F2 vs. F4 in Cuiaba
G1 vs. G3 in Fortaleza
June 22, 2014: G2 vs. G4 in Manaus
H1 vs. H3 in Rio de Janeiro
H2 vs. H4 in Porto Alegre
June 23, 2014: Brazil vs. A4 in Brasilia
A2 vs. A3 in Recife
B1 vs. B4 in Curitiba
B2 vs. B3 in Sao Paulo
June 24, 2014: C1 vs. C4 in Cuiaba
C2 vs. C3 in Fortaleza
D1 vs. D4 in Natal
D2 vs. D3 in Belo Horizonte
June 25, 2014: E1 vs. E4 in Manaus
E2 vs. E3 in Rio de Janeiro
F1 vs. F4 in Porto Alegre
F2 vs. F3 in Salvador
June 26, 2014: G1 vs. G4 in Recife
G2 vs. G3 in Brasilia
H1 vs. H4 in Sao Paulo
H2 vs. H3 in Curitiba
Knockout Round (seeds listed by finish in group play):
June 28, 2014: 1A vs. 2B in Belo Horizonte
1C vs. 2D in Rio de Janeiro
June 29, 2014: 1B vs. 2A in Fortaleza
1D vs. 2C in Recife
June 30, 2014: 1E vs. 2F in Brasilia
1G vs. 2H in Porto Alegre
July 1, 2014: 1F vs. 2E in Sao Paulo
1H vs. 2G in Salvador
July 4, 2014: 1A/2B vs. 1C/2D in Fortaleza
1E/2F vs. 1G/2H in Rio de Janeiro
July 5, 2014: 1B/2A vs. 1D/2C in Salvador
1F/2E vs. 1H/2G in Brasilia
July 8, 2014: QF1 Winner vs. QF2 Winner in Belo Horizonte
July 9, 2014: QF3 Winner vs. QF4 Winner in Sao Paulo
July 12, 2014: SF1 Loser vs. SF2 Loser in Brasilia
July 13, 2014: SF1 Winner vs. SF2 winner in Rio de Janeiro
Obviously doesn't mean much without the teams to go with it but tells us a bit about the venues. 12 venues are in use this world cup, and each venue will host 4 preliminary round matches. 4 venues will then be dropped from the schedule: Cuiaba, Curitiba, Manaus and Natal. None of these 4 venues will host a Brazil match either. The 8 remaining venues will each host 1 Round of 16 match. Those games will be the final matches played in Porto Alegre and Recife. Belo Horizonte, Fortaleza, Salvador and Sao Paulo will each host 1 further match (either a quarterfinal or a semifinal) before making their exit as a venue. Brasilia hosts a quarterfinal and the 3rd place match while Rio de Janeiro will have a quarterfinal and the final.
Once we get closer to the tournament, I'll have breakdowns of the host cities and venues.
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